Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-05
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Now, said be, the same principle ap-
plies in the spiritual world. TIE reIig-
ious teaching which denies, iu so many
words, or ever implies thst the Drinci-
pies OF Gods religious government have
ever changed, needs nothing else to show
that il is untrue. The acute Jews brought
this Charge against Paul because he
taught thGt circumcision was not neCeS-
sary, while The Jewish law required 1t.
Psul met aDd ratu.ed the accusation.
The same Clar2e IS brought against tn
Christian church, said tha speaker.
cause we teach inst baptism IN COpnec-
ton with fstth, repentance, confession C
Christ and prayer Is q condition Ct remis-
sion OF sins, il is asserted tina. We aave
changed the terms OF pardon, end th-re-
fore deny the unity Of principe il dis
religious government. This charge IS
msde because baptism was not required
under the old diapensstioRs.
He then proceeded to explain VIVA. was
meant by religious dtspensatiOrS, show
ing that there were distinct eQJc1s OF
Gods religious government, vel marked
by great dividing events. The frs. was
from creation TO the fall OF man, called
the AdamiC; the second from the fall 10
the giving Of the law on Noun. Si-ai,
called the PatrisTChisI; the third from
the giving of the law to the setting IN Of
Christ's kingdom on the PeutecOst sue
ceeding the resurrection of Christ, called
the Mosaic; and the fourth from PtDtecCst
day till the end Of the present order Ct
things, called the Christian.
lie then proceeded TO show that under
each Of these dispeussti0ns faith had been
81 Indispensable priaCiple and requisite,
out that the things to be believed were
different under the different dispense
tons Adsm was not required 10 be-
licve what Abraham did, because i. vas
not revesled 10 Elm. Abraham was not
required 20 believe what Moses sui tle
Isrselites did, because il WAS not TIE
veaIed to them. Moses and the IsT2elitss
OF his time were not required TO be
iieve what We sire. because it wss not re-
| yeaied 20 them. Under this disDeGs2'ion
we must believe that Jesus OF Nazareth Is
! the Christ, ne son of the living Cod.
| But While the things 10 be believed LSve
varied, the principal q implicit belief IL
| God has nlyer varied.
lie then said that tharc was another
/ aI-peTmestinG principles O7edi3nce 50
positive law, which be defined IS q law
which We can give no reason but the Will
! OF the IaW9ivef as there expressed. lie
/ CANNED Lae- -1-s Aad Geen the maj SUI
. preme test under every dls1en a
uOn. lie then took up the Ad1mtc dis
, penseuon and showed that the supreme
test OF AGHn was the law "Ol TIE tree OF
the knowledge OF good and evil thou
shalt not eat" No reason was given
We can Imagine no ress1T
Tor the lrollDltlon. Satan gave
reasons why hey should ca Bu. be
cause they violated this law for wa!c,
they knew no reason but Inc viii Of la'
l.wgiyer, they were driven out Of tg'
garden
Under the P3triarchal cl5persalion
Abraham IVES selected 90 the crest i. pre-
sentative man Iha tGa supreme taa
applied TO Ao.slan was the comm&Cd {
sacrifice his s5n i+asc. No Gzo1 VS.
given. We know & none. 8ut !. wa
Abraham's test, And IN Genesis xxi. Us ]
. God told him tlst because ne OoeYe
tnst positive l&W, t1r winch lie lad e.
signed no reason, ne la0 sworn ~ Lam
, sell 10 Oles5 llm snG his seed.
Under the Mosaic dispens2tl9n the IN
S-ituion u the Sabbath Ws> the @ces
.
periods OF seven days MSS no l9uld2Cc
in nature. The yesI, the lunar mont
the dsy, all hsYe reasons in nature, oJ
t1e1e Is no natural division into period
Of seven days, me law IS Z spec!L
= positive law, naylRG It's reason only
e the Will OF the IsVgiver, as there eN
5 pressed, yet the Israelitlah nation ws
Y tested by It, and because they violated ,
G were carried away into the baby49nIs
captivity according 10 Nehemiah XII
e lois, and as mad 9een predicted
jeremiah xvi, Ill
r Ihus, caio Hr. Gilbert, we ind TN
+ under all these dispensaSons law :
which no reason is gwen, or can be give
1 0Y US, was ths supreme test OF accep
Il y;. ~, ~ Il1 - US W :. -
we nrst ti1d some l1ositiva law IN Corf
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